Diabetic nephropathy in American Indians, with a special emphasis on the pima Indians
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Segregation analysis of diabetic nephropathy in Pima Indians.
Familial aggregation of diabetic nephropathy suggests the existence of genes determining susceptibility to nephropathy in addition to those leading to diabetes. In the present study, complex segregation analysis was performed in diabetic members of Pima Indian families to determine whether familial aggregation of nephropathy in this population could reflect the action of a single major gene. Ne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Diabetes Reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1534-4827,1539-0829
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-008-0083-1